Roblox (RBLX) Research & Development (2020 - 2026)

Roblox has disclosed Research & Development across 7 years of filings, most recently posting $422.0 million for Q1 2026.

• Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $422.0 million, up 12.83% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.6 billion (up 10.92% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.6 billion, up 8.55% from the prior year.
• Research & Development came in at $422.0 million for Q1 2026 at Roblox, up from $409.8 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $422.0 million in Q1 2026 to a low of $177.8 million in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $355.0 million (2024), against an average of $327.1 million.
• Across the five-year window, Research & Development soared 83.93% in 2022 and gained 3.3% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Roblox's Research & Development stood at $248.4 million in 2022, then surged by 37.33% to $341.1 million in 2023, then rose by 4.08% to $355.0 million in 2024, then gained by 15.44% to $409.8 million in 2025, then climbed by 2.97% to $422.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $422.0 million (Q1 2026), $409.8 million (Q4 2025), and $398.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.